Table 4.

Qualitative methodology used in included studies

Author	Year	Method of Data Collection	Method of Analysis
Berman	2008	Face-to-face interviews	Constant comparison.
Bramall	2014	Face-to-face interviews	Constant comparison - NVIVO
Dixon-Woods	2006	Face-to-face interviews	Constant comparison – QSR N5
Habiba	2004	Face-to-face interviews	Constant comparison – QSR N5
Hall	2012	Telephone semi-structured interviews	Constant comparison
Kumar	2012	Face-to-face interviews	Framework analysis - NVIVO
McKneally	2000	Face-to-face interviews	Constant comparison – Ethnographic software
McKneally	2004	Face-to-face interviews	Constant comparison -QSR N5
McKneally	2009	Face-to-face semi-structured interviews and focus group discussions.	Constant comparison
McNair	2016	Observational study of doctor-patient dialogue and face-to-face interviews	Thematic analysis
Meredith	1996	Face-to-face interviews	Unclear
Moore	2002	Face-to-face interviews	Constant comparison
Schaufel	2009	Observational study of doctor-patient dialogue.	Discourse analysis and pragmatic linguistics
Spector	2010	Face-to-face interviews	Thematic analysis
Suarez-Almazor	2010	Focus group discussions	Constant comparison
Wood	2014	Face-to-face interviews	Thematic analysis - NVIVO